The doctor will clean the area and give you numbing medication before the treatment. A small blade or spoon-like device will be used to scoop out the wart. A pen-like, electric heating device will stop the bleeding and burn the rest of the growth. The session’s duration depends on the wart’s severity, but it usually takes about 15 minutes, which includes the injection of the numbing drug.
The procedure creates a round or wide wound that will not need suturing. Depending on your health status, your dermatologist may advise you to get medical clearance or stop some medications a few days before the session.
Are electrosurgery and curettage painful? The combined treatment is painless because of the anesthetic, but the site may feel tender for 1-2 weeks, requiring over-the-counter painkillers.
Downtime: The recovery period after electrosurgery and curettage depends on the post-operative wound’s depth, size, and location. You may be advised to avoid exertion in the first 1-2 weeks. Wounds from this procedure take 2-4 weeks to heal.
Aftercare: Your doctor will give you specific post-operative wound care instructions. Generally, the wound is kept dry and bandaged for the first 24-48 hours to let it clot properly. You can then wash it afterward with gentle soap and water. Change the bandage regularly.
If done expertly, electrosurgery and curettage rarely cause complications. However, you may call your doctor if you experience severe pain, bleeding, and fever, or if the site develops a yellowish discharge.
Warts need only one session of electrosurgery and curettage.
Your dermatologist will clean the site and inject a drug into the wart. It should take only a few minutes. Brief, pinpoint bleeding may occur. Bleomycin injection does not require pretreatment preparations.
Is bleomycin treatment of warts painful? A bleomycin shot can cause discomfort on the injection site, but numbing medication is usually not necessary. Warts in the palms and plantar areas may be more sensitive to the injections. Slight tenderness may persist for up to 2 weeks.
Downtime: Bleomycin injections require no downtime. You may proceed with your normal activities after the session.
Aftercare: Rarely, patients experience wart bleeding at home. If this happens, you may dress up the site with clean gauze and elevate the affected body part. Keep the area clean and dry. Call your doctor for persistent bleeding, signs of infection, severe pain or intolerable allergic reactions.
Bleomycin is not injected in a hairy area or close to the nails, as it can affect hair and nail growth. It can also cause uneven skin tone on the wart removal site.
Bleomycin responses vary, but most patients require at least 4 sessions spaced 3-4 weeks apart. Drying up of the wart indicates that the treatment is effective.
In this procedure, the doctor will freeze the wart with liquid nitrogen. It is quick and may be done in a few minutes. Some patients try thinning the wart down beforehand with buffing and salicylic acid, but cryotherapy requires no pretreatment preparation.
Is cryotherapy painful? During the procedure, you will feel a cold sensation and some discomfort on the site, which will last only a few seconds. Numbing medication is usually not required. The area will get inflamed and blister within 24 hours. Blistering may cause mild to moderate pain for a few days.
Downtime: The recovery period after cryotherapy depends on the body part involved. You may resume normal activities as soon as it is done. However, if the treated area is in a weight-bearing or repeatedly compressed location, you may have to protect it for a week to let it dry up before returning to your usual routines. The site can be washed while bathing.
Aftercare: The blister will need a plaster for protection. It is expected to form a scab a week after treatment. However, if it breaks before scabbing, make sure to apply an antiseptic on the site and avoid touching the fluid. The scab will fall off on its own. Until then, do not pick at the site, as that will spread the virus.
Cryotherapy rarely leads to bacterial infection, but call your doctor if the wart removal site develops signs of infection. One or two treatments may be enough for small warts, but bigger ones will require more.
The doctor will clean the area, inject a numbing medication, cut out the wart then close the wound. The whole session takes about 15-30 minutes.
The procedure will create a wound that may be cauterized or stitched up. Depending on your health condition, your dermatologist may advise you to get medical clearance or avoid some medications a few days before your appointment.
Is wart excision painful? The procedure itself is painless because of the numbing medication, but the site will feel tender for a couple of weeks. You may need pain medications after your session.
Downtime: Recovery from wart excision depends on the lesion’s size, shape and location. You may be advised to avoid strenuous activities for 2-4 weeks to avoid trauma to the site. You may use crutches to relieve the pressure from plantar excisions.
Aftercare: The specialist will advise you about proper wound care, similar to that in electrosurgery and curettage. Call your doctor if you experience severe pain, bleeding, and fever, or if the site develops signs of infection.
Warts need only one session of excision surgery.
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